Effect of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Subsequent Falls Among Community-Dwelling High-Risk Older Adults After a Fall: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Whether exercise reduces subsequent falls in high-risk older adults who have already experienced a fall is unknown.

Objective

To assess the effect of a home-based exercise program as a fall prevention strategy in older adults who were referred to a fall prevention clinic after an index fall.

Design, setting, and participants

A 12-month, single-blind, randomized clinical trial conducted from April 22, 2009, to June 5, 2018, among adults aged at least 70 years who had a fall within the past 12 months and were recruited from a fall prevention clinic.

Interventions

Participants were randomized to receive usual care plus a home-based strength and balance retraining exercise program delivered by a physical therapist (intervention group; n = 173) or usual c

SUBMITTER: Liu-Ambrose T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549299 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature